Artists will converge on Bannerman Island this weekend to illustrate the historic island on canvases which will be auctioned off the following weekend in Beacon.

The Bannerman Castle Trust will host a "Day of Painting" for artists on Bannerman’s Island Saturday. In the morning, 30 professional artists will be taken to the island, which is just off the river banks of Garrison, to capture the landscape. The island is in the heart of the Hudson River Highlands, know for its impressive views of the river.

In addition to the river and Bannerman Castle, the original residence, which was once the summer home of Frank Bannerman and his family on Pollepel, and the island’s new trail bridge will be focal points for many artists.

The Bannerman family residence is open to the public for tours.(Photo: Barbara Gallo Farrell/Journal file)

Visitors are now permitted to go inside the Bannerman home and explore the island’s history through an exhibition of photographs, artifacts and newly created display panels of documented information.

The new paintings created Saturday, along with other works depicting the Hudson River and the valley, will be auctioned off from 5-7 p.m., June 9 at the Bannerman Island Gallery, 150 Main St., Beacon.

Bannerman's Island is accessible by the Bannerman Castle Trust's tour boat, the Estuary Steward, leaving from both the Beacon and Newburgh docks by reservation only.

On Saturday, the artists will be taken to the island in early morning to start their day of painting. At 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., the tour boat will bring visitors to the island, where they can tour the island and watch the artists at work, painting landscapes and river scenes in oil, acrylic and watercolor. Auctioneer and Hudson River School art historian Robert Doyle, of Absolute Auctions of the Hudson Valley, will lead the live auction June 9.

For more information on the "Day of Painting" and art auction, call Exhibition Coordinator Laurie Clark at 845-831-1001 or 845-416-8342; Bannerman Castle Trust Executive Director Neil Caplan at 845-831-6346 or 845-234-3204; also visit www.bannermancastle.org